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November 18, 2007, 8PM: Played 10 minutes, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (228th out of 260 Players)
 flopped a set of 9s and raised someone's bet on the flop, he called. turn was blank and i bet the pot and he called. river made three clubs and he checked to me, i didn't really think he had a flush but i checked behind early because the pot was pretty big and it was early, he had a flush...with 700 left, the very next hand i had AK hearts and raised from MP, button, who lost half his stack on the first hand, shoved for 650 and i called. he had KK and i was left with 50 that i could clearly not come back from.
Last Update: November 18, 2007, 8:20PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
November 18, 2007, 3PM: Played 3 hours, 24 minutes, Lost $105.00 at Full Tilt
$165 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (255th out of 2616 Players)
 This was the FTOPS Event #15, $150 +15 NLH Knockout event with 100K guarenteed, the prize pool was actually $313,920.
After busting out I looked at the players entered (2616)and my place (255). *Normally top 10% of the feild would get paid, this annoyed me.
I did get 2 bounties so took of some of the damage.
I've VERY VERY happy and dissapointed in my play today.
More so, One tiny mistake cost me.
I was playing 100% great. Fully concentrating on this one game. Taking notes on players, that is, paying attention to how they play, what they play and when they play. This was like night and day when making my decisions. Times where had I been "blind" I would have folded when I should have raised or when I would have normally gone all in but the correct play was to fold.
I am upset with my mistake because it was with the donkey hand AJ for one.. two I called too much.
I was nipping blinds all tourney after realizing who is weak etc. At times they play back and depending on who and for how much I would make my decision. Well, I raise this one agro's blind from 1K to 3K, my stack is 25K, after the raise I have 22K, he moves all in for 13K, costing me 10K more, the pot has now about 7K in it. I can do two things:
Fold and have 23K left
Call and have either 13K left if I lose or 40K if I win.
Average stack is about 22K at this time. We are about 100 players from the money and blinds are 500/1000 with an ante of 125*(I think)
Problem is, I called like an asshole. He has JJ and I double him up and cripple myself. Now I don't have any more chips to work with since the blinds are so high.
I'm a fucking short stack now sitting on defense. A target for all the bigger stacks when it is my Big Blind and helpless when I'm stuck in blind battle.
All that time waiting around building my short stack into a machine has been wasted. I was just getting into the rythem of playing back in spots, nipping blinds, blind vs blind play and now I'm nuetralized, frozen. Only to sit and wait for a real hand or risk my tourney life on a stone cold move. All because I was a donk and clicked call with AJ.
Later I pick up 99, move in mid position and get called by KK.
This mistake makes me only more hungry to play better. It has been too long since I really gave a tournament my 100% concentration.
Last Update: November 18, 2007, 3:21PM | Permalink (2 Comments)
November 18, 2007, 3PM: Played 41 minutes, Made $0.55 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (3rd out of 9 Players)
 Full Tilt Poker Game #4219065978: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (Turbo) (32016247), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:34:44 ET - 2007/11/18
Seat 1: ChipSnatcher180 (1,705)
Seat 2: StrutHerStuff (5,730)
Seat 3: refraction (2,595)
Seat 6: jennydo84 (810)
Seat 9: rubytide (2,660)
jennydo84 posts the small blind of 50
rubytide posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rubytide [Kh Ks]
ChipSnatcher180 folds
StrutHerStuff folds
refraction folds
jennydo84 calls 50
rubytide raises to 200
jennydo84 calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Jh 5d Js]
jennydo84 bets 100
rubytide raises to 800
jennydo84 calls 510, and is all in
rubytide shows [Kh Ks]
jennydo84 shows [9c Ad]
Uncalled bet of 190 returned to rubytide
*** TURN *** [Jh 5d Js] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 5d Js 9d] [9h]
rubytide shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
jennydo84 shows a full house, Nines full of Jacks
jennydo84 wins the pot (1,620) with a full house, Nines full of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,620 | Rake 0
Board: [Jh 5d Js 9d 9h]
Seat 1: ChipSnatcher180 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: StrutHerStuff didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: refraction didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: jennydo84 (small blind) showed [9c Ad] and won (1,620) with a full house, Nines full of Jacks
Seat 9: rubytide (big blind) showed [Kh Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
what an idiot
Last Update: November 18, 2007, 2:00PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
November 18, 2007, 12PM: Played 2 hours, Lost $170.00 at Limelight
$1/2 Texas Hold'em
trying to squeeze poker during lunchtime has provent to be a losing proposition. Too impatient and wanting to get a good 'win' in a short time is a recipe for disaster. KQ on the button, raise to 8, get 5 callers. 10jq (2 hearts) on flop. I have Kh. $40 bet to me from a rock at table. I call thinking I can win with KQ or A9. Turn is blank and she bets $70. Thinking again she's on two pair, I call. River comes K, so now I actually think I might be good and call $50 on river. She shows K9, flopped straight. I'm playing horrible and will be taking some time off before heading to Vegas next weekend. How long can I continue making the same idiot plays?
Last Update: November 18, 2007, 12:35PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
November 17, 2007, 11PM: Played 1 hour, 30 minutes, Lost $48.00 at PokerStars
$0.50 Pot-Limit Omaha
PokerStars Game #13309420543: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/11/18 - 00:48:14 (ET)
Table 'Istria' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: -=$ta$tele=- ($38.70 in chips)
Seat 2: SushiBalls ($22.40 in chips)
Seat 3: nportpoker ($39.95 in chips)
Seat 4: sipemokid ($36.65 in chips)
Seat 5: rubytide ($32.90 in chips)
Seat 6: MRMills44 ($12 in chips)
rubytide: posts small blind $0.25
MRMills44: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rubytide [Kh 9h Th 4d]
-=$ta$tele=-: raises $0.50 to $1
SushiBalls: calls $1
nportpoker: folds
sipemokid: calls $1
rubytide: calls $0.75
MRMills44: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Jc 6d]
rubytide: checks
-=$ta$tele=-: checks
SushiBalls: bets $1.50
sipemokid: calls $1.50
rubytide: calls $1.50
-=$ta$tele=-: folds
*** TURN *** [8d Jc 6d] [Qh]
rubytide: bets $8.60
SushiBalls: calls $8.60
sipemokid: calls $8.60
*** RIVER *** [8d Jc 6d Qh] [Ks]
rubytide: bets $21.80 and is all-in
SushiBalls: calls $11.30 and is all-in
sipemokid: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rubytide: shows [Kh 9h Th 4d] (a straight, Nine to King)
SushiBalls: shows [As Qs 7d Tc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
SushiBalls collected $54.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $57.40 | Rake $2.75
Board [8d Jc 6d Qh Ks]
Seat 1: -=$ta$tele=- folded on the Flop
Seat 2: SushiBalls showed [As Qs 7d Tc] and won ($54.65) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 3: nportpoker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sipemokid (button) folded on the River
Seat 5: rubytide (small blind) showed [Kh 9h Th 4d] and lost with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 6: MRMills44 (big blind) folded before Flop
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Last Update: November 17, 2007, 10:24PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
November 17, 2007, 10PM: Played 15 minutes, Lost $27.00 at PokerStars
$25 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (7th out of 9 Players)
PokerStars Game #13308270874: Tournament #67525948, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/11/17 - 23:29:11 (ET)
Table '67525948 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: slyder11 (1420 in chips)
Seat 3: tabone39 (1470 in chips)
Seat 5: ZERO_77 (2210 in chips)
Seat 6: pokersuuks (1305 in chips)
Seat 7: NutPopper (1915 in chips)
Seat 8: rubytide (2600 in chips)
Seat 9: D PitcherAK (2580 in chips)
D PitcherAK: posts small blind 25
slyder11: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rubytide [Jh Qh]
tabone39: folds
ZERO_77: folds
pokersuuks: folds
NutPopper: folds
rubytide: raises 100 to 150
D PitcherAK: raises 350 to 500
slyder11: folds
rubytide: calls 350
*** FLOP *** [9h 6h Tc]
D PitcherAK: bets 950
rubytide: raises 1150 to 2100 and is all-in
D PitcherAK: calls 1130 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [9h 6h Tc] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [9h 6h Tc Jc] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
D PitcherAK: shows [Kc Kd] (a pair of Kings)
rubytide: shows [Jh Qh] (a pair of Jacks)
D PitcherAK collected 5210 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5210 | Rake 0
Board [9h 6h Tc Jc 4s]
Seat 1: slyder11 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: tabone39 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ZERO_77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: pokersuuks folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: NutPopper folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: rubytide (button) showed [Jh Qh] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 9: D PitcherAK (small blind) showed [Kc Kd] and won (5210) with a pair of Kings
damn he had 2 of my outs. wish he had aces.
Last Update: November 17, 2007, 8:33PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
November 17, 2007, 9PM: Played 22 minutes, Lost $27.00 at PokerStars
$25 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (4th out of 9 Players)
PokerStars Game #13307803774: Tournament #67523016, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/11/17 - 23:01:17 (ET)
Table '67523016 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: rubytide (725 in chips)
Seat 3: vectile (5750 in chips)
Seat 6: kaboom2 (5515 in chips)
Seat 8: Albatross77 (1510 in chips)
rubytide: posts small blind 75
vectile: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rubytide [7s Ah]
kaboom2: folds
Albatross77: folds
rubytide: raises 575 to 725 and is all-in
vectile: calls 575
*** FLOP *** [Tc 8d Qd]
*** TURN *** [Tc 8d Qd] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 8d Qd 4c] [2s]
kaboom2 said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rubytide: shows [7s Ah] (high card Ace)
vectile: shows [Kc 8h] (a pair of Eights)
kaboom2 said, "nh"
vectile collected 1450 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1450 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 8d Qd 4c 2s]
Seat 2: rubytide (small blind) showed [7s Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 3: vectile (big blind) showed [Kc 8h] and won (1450) with a pair of Eights
Seat 6: kaboom2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Albatross77 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Last Update: November 17, 2007, 8:05PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
November 17, 2007, 6PM: Played 3 hours, 12 minutes, Lost $13.12 at Full Tilt
$0.10 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (45th out of 3600 Players)
$1,000 Guarantee event, $00.10 buy in. With re-buys and add-on.
Little did I know though that the rebuys where .50 cents and not .10 cents, so I was moving all in everyhand taking double rebuys, for what I thought was .20 a pot, but really it was 5xs that for $1 each. I noticed this when a player pointed it out, by then I was in $16 instead of $3 like I had thought.
It was fun though ramming and jamming. Had a monster stack before break as everyone paid me off after 10 minutes of going all in EVERYHAND.
Then I got hungry, wanted to shower and leave.. stack was only 50 when average was 140K, so I played like an asshole. Shit, 1st is only $300, so it didn't bother me as much to give up.
Last Update: November 17, 2007, 6:36PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
November 17, 2007, 5PM: Played 1 hour, 6 minutes, Lost $11.00 at Poker Stars
$11 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1,362nd out of 2438 Players)
Wow, doing great.. feeling good.
Tried something I generally don't do. Limp UTG with KK.
4 people call and the flop comes down 972, SB bets out pot, BB folds and I call, lose all the other players.
The turn is a 3, now he checks. I bet about half pot, he check raises all-in. I hesitate for a second. At best he has two pair, no way do I put this guy on a set for betting out on the flop. IF he does have 2 pair I have 8 outs to catch back up. I only have 800 chips left and starring at a pot of 8K. He played his hand backwards though if it is a monster. So I call, he shows 8T straight draw! Nails it on the river, but damn, played that thing aggressivly.
Last Update: November 17, 2007, 5:53PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
November 17, 2007, 6AM: Played 6 hours, 51 minutes, Made $1.00 at full tilt
$2 Pot-Limit Omaha
 yes...that's correct...I played all that time for a buck...I was up 200 early...yeah, then I went on bad run and was stuck about 700. ground it out and got up and said woohoo! the one hand that really got me tilted on my downward plunge was me...QQ24 with 2 clubs...flop is Q 6 3 with clubs...I pot it and get raised all in and another guy calls behind...one rolls over AK98 with nut clubs...other has KT62 with 2nd nut clubs...well most of the clubs gone..let me just stack this 250..oh wait..it comes running 9 7 to make the 2nd nut club drawing dead to a miracle the 10 high straight. pardon me while I puke. man this online is addicting. I can't stop playing when I start...HELP!
Last Update: November 17, 2007, 6:56AM | Permalink (2 Comments)
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